Nov-12-23 Raymond Keene 
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| arthurp: Why did Ray Keene retire from chess at 38? |
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Feb-07-22 Frank Marshall
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| arthurp: I enjoy Marshall's games very much but he having the US championship for 30+years?!
He did not play a match for the US champ. until 1923 against Edward Lasker.Praising some one for holding onto a championship by not playing anyone is strange.Reshevsky,Dake,Kashdan and others were ... |
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Dec-04-19 Kibitzer's Café
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| arthurp: Why hasn't a publisher put out Lombardy's last book? Understanding Chess should be republished. |
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Oct-05-19 Duncan Suttles
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| arthurp: I got some games from GM Suttles and they were in English descriptive.Didn't think anyone used descriptive notation anymore.Anyone surprised? |
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Mar-09-19 Gabor Kadas
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| arthurp: I emailed the Hungarian Chess Federation and they said Kadas never held a FIDE title.He definetly was of IM strength! |
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Dec-05-17 London Chess Classic (2017)
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| arthurp: It seems chess is going the way of checkers.Two equal players can seemingly draw at will!
I used to buy historical chess books but I soon got tired of 1.e4-e5 and 1.d4-d5. |
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Jan-13-15 Jobava vs E Zaiatz, 2014
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| arthurp: Help!
why does black resign? How does white play after black takes white's queen with check? Don't understand some of white's spectacular moves! |
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Jun-10-13 Michael Basman
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| arthurp: Michael how could you do this! I never saw so many incorrect opening moves played by you in 2009.1.D4??
1.E4??,1.d4 d5??. Please get back to Basmanian chess! Play in more tournaments! |
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Mar-02-13 Lawrence Day
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| arthurp: Lawrence,
No chess activity since June 12?You have a lot of chess in you yet!
Curious,did Duncan record his games in descriptive or algebraic when he played OTB? |
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Dec-05-12 Emanuel Lasker
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| arthurp: Hello,
Looking for the source of the Lasker quote:
"The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth...In very much the same way as the young man on reaching his manhood years lays aside the Indian stories and stories of adventure,and turns to the psychological novel etc." |
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